Horse Racing News on October 19, 2014

Wes Welker's Undrafted worked five furlongs in :59 1/5, best of 27 at the distance, on the fast main track at Keeneland Oct. 19 as he prepares for the $1 million Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint at Santa Anita Park.

Spendthrift Farm's two-time champion Beholder spiked a temperature of 104 degrees the morning of Oct. 19 and will not be able to defend her title in the Breeders' Cup Distaff at Santa Anita Park, trainer Richard Mandella said.

British raider Caspar Netscher charged between rivals and drove down the center of the Woodbine stretch to win the $300,000 Nearctic Stakes Oct. 19 in his second North American start.

Just the Judge completed the sweep for British shippers in Sunday's Grade 1, $452,117 E.P. Taylor Stakes at Woodbine. Trained by Charlie Hills for Qatar Racing Ltd. and the Sangster Family.

oments after early favorite Brown Panther was a last-minute scratch from Sunday's Grade 1, $892,351 Canadian International, Sir Evelyn de Rothschild's Hillstar single-handedly rescued British fortunes on the Woodbine turf.